Living is choosing, so choice makes a difference. Among the technical secretariat’s realizations of this course, which is as common as the previous three, it has been to choose the most decisive. Lolo Escobar as a substitute angel rodriguez After the 13th match day. Since then, the Extremadura coach has evened the Leonese in the total number of matches played in blue and white, confirming the most important, obvious numbers, firing and then hiring.
The most indisputable: collected points. The player who started the season has reached 14 and his replacement is already 23 years old. Other data supporting the extent of the change in the bench is as sad as it is relevant: The person who helped build the squad is 10 points behind the promotion, and the person who came later to close the gap is nine points closer, although still out. It goes just one step further than its predecessor.
But all statistics have an inside story, a fine writing, and the comparison between Ángel Rodríguez and Lolo Escobar reveals that while it is positive for Extremadura, it is also the person who achieves a large part of the problems plaguing Alicante. Promotion to First RFEF With Pontevedra, the larvae remain hidden, present, and a deadly threat to the project eight days before the end of the regular season.
The number of goals scored is equal and very low for both coaches. 14 against 12 in thirteen games. They also agree that they both admitted to more than they achieved, hence the difficulty of winning with solvency or regularity. And even though Escobar has scored six fewer goals, the drop is more due to his goalkeeper’s phenomenal success, which stopped very clear chances, rather than the implementation of an effective defensive system implemented as a block.
The numbers show that the solution is correct, although not certain, as the team is still pointing out the shortcomings at the beginning of the course.
That’s why this season’s two Hercules coaches They got a pretty even payoff from their direct duel. against opponents where they are superior or currently occupy the “play-off” zone. And there has been no lack of momentum. Ángel Rodríguez’s journey had three removals in the League and one in the Cup, the same number in Lolo Escobar’s rally. Nerves hurt both coaches as things weren’t going well. exiled he was once penalized by two games before he could sit on the bench.
There was clearly an abstract factor on Don Benito’s coach’s side, a transcendent factor: luck that never smiled at its predecessor. The man from Badajoz carried out skirmishes where he lost or was uphill. In fact, she started her journey with him. three comebacks The second incredible, after (Zaragoza B, Saguntino and CD Ibiza) trailing 2-0 and reversing the result within half an hour, resulted in a backlash by Toscano’s goal after extra time.
Against the next four opponents, the man from Leon scored only 2 points: lost to Terrassa and Lleida and tied with Manresa and Olot.
Now Hercules is faced with four great assignments; this appointment since his days when he overthrew the most accepted coach with his speech in the summer. Lluis Planaguma. It should be measured sequentially. Manresa, terrassa, Leida And olo. Rodríguez scored two points in this segment, not beating anyone.
If Escobar does not significantly improve this production, the chances of fighting for promotion will be almost zero. If he wants to do this, he will have to achieve what neither he nor his predecessor was able to achieve: clearing the way to the goal, defending well without ceasing to attack, and vice versa. It is very slightly warranted that all comparisons are hateful. But only the ones who hurt us really, the others… it’s not that bad.